01-29-2024, 05:27 PM | #1 |
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Dress Up Parts for my 540ix (Hardrace, Golden Wrench & Downstar)
I've been stock piling some bits from Black Friday last year, for a little engine bay dress up 'project' that I've been working on.
I went with a Motorsport Blue theme... Golden Wrench Billet Covers for: - Oil Filler Cap - Coolant Tank Cap - Charge Cooler Cap - Washer Fluid Cap (the F90 one fits the G30) Purchased a new OEM Coolant Tank cap as I will be replacing the resevoir to the new version soon. Downstar Dress Up Bolts and Blue Washers: M6x20mm bolts and M8x35mm bolts Hardrace Q0659 Engine Strut Brace New replacement OEM left and right strut tower braces (51617416969 and 51617416970) painted to match the theme. Lastly, I thought the exposed bit of silver on the rear top cross connection bar (as it's known as) would look out of place so I went about removing it to paint this too... this required a lot of strip down, including the air filter and a lot of trims - I mean if you're going to do something then do it properly right!? 😄 I was able to make a little popup spray booth in my garage - 2 coats of primer, 2 coats of paint and then 2 coats of matt laquer on the oem parts. Left them to dry for 36 hours or so. I was able to put the car back together today and fit all these parts on. Pictures below of the final install and the prep work I did for all this
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01-29-2024, 05:29 PM | #2 |
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Garage List 2012 BMW 335i [5.25]
2012 BMW 335is [5.00] 2008 Infiniti QX56 [0.00] 1967 Chevrolet Corv ... [10.00] 2001 M Roadster [10.00] 2022 BMW 540i [0.75] 2009 528i [9.50] |
Please tell me about the engine strut brace. Could you feel the difference after installation? I have always had good results with added strut braces. Was the installation straight forward? It appears to just bolt up.
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It sure will look good on Tanzanite!
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I recently fitted a whole host of F90 M5 parts to my car, front and rear sway bars, front and rear braces and reinforcements. With those I felt a change straight away.
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Garage List 2012 BMW 335i [5.25]
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Cool, I will look forward to your report! With my e9xs and M Roadster, I knew straight away the tower brace was more than worth the money.
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